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Recent News
NMCL Paper Accepted for Publication
June 2020: The Journal of Neurophysiology recently accepted a new NMCL paper co-authored by Dr. Robert Scheidt. The paper, entitled "The Neural Foundations of Handedness: Insights from a rare case of deafferentation," will be available for download in the next couple of weeks. Congratulations Dr. Scheidt!
De Vicariis Presents Research at ICRA2020
May 2020: Graduate exchange student Cecilia De Vicariis presented her NMCL research at the now virtual ICRA2020. Learn More
Lantagne Wins Award
April 2019: Congratulations to graduate student Devon Lantagne on winning the Program Chairman's Award at the Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium for his paper, The Contribution of Sensorimotor Memories to Implicit Motor Learning After Concussion.
Dr. Mrotek Awarded Grant
March 2019: Dr. Mrotek has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for a project titled, “IRES Track 1: Physical State Estimation for Control Coordination and Behavior Monitoring.” Congratulations, Leigh Ann!
Welcome New Grad Students
March 2019: Linda Lastrico, Giovanni Pilia, and Alessio Stochino have all joined the NCML from the University of Genoa, Italy. They will conduct their Masters Degree research projects here at MU-MCW. Welcome Linda, Alessio, and Giovanni!
News Archive
- Feb 2019: Erin Corrigan has joined the NMCL as a Research Technician. Erin is a recent Psychology graduate from UW-Milwaukee. Welcome to the lab, Erin!
- Jan 2019: Devon recently passed the written section of the doctoral qualifying exam. He will complete the oral section in Fall 2019 in hopes of obtaining his Ph.D. candidacy. Great job, Devon!
- Aug 2018: Dr. Mrotek has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (in collaboration with Dr. Rajiv Ranganathan from Michigan State University) for a project titled, Optimizing Motor Coordination using Principles of Motor Re-learning.
- Jul 2018: Valay passed the dissertation qualifying exam and successfully proposed his dissertation research, Learning to Use Vibrotactile Sensory Augmentation to Control the Arm, and advanced to Ph.D. candidacy. Congrats Valay!
- Feb 2018: Giulia Ballardini has joined NMCL from the University of Genoa, Italy, as a Visiting Research Technician. Welcome Giulia!
- Dec 2017: Maria Bengtson successfully completed her Ph.D. dissertation, Muscle Coordination Contributes to Function After Stroke: Proprioception Contributes to Control of Position, Movement.
- Oct 2017: Dr. Scheidt has joined the National Science Foundation as a Program Director for the Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus (M3X) Program within the Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Division of the Engineering Directorate. He will continue active research and co-direction of the lab in partnership with Dr. Mrotek under an IR/D plan supported by NSF grant CMMI-1801216.
- Oct 2017: Giovanni Huang successfully completed his MS thesis, Influence of Vibrotactile Sensory Augmentation on Motor Performance and Proprioception in Three-dimensional Reaching Tasks.
- Oct 2017: Francesca Bucci successfully completed her MS thesis, User-centered Design of an Ubiquitous Cueing Wearable Device to Improve Limb Awareness After Stroke.
- Aug 2017: Dr. Leigh Ann Mrotek has assumed the role of Co-director of the NMCL. Welcome Leigh Ann!
- Jun 2017: Drs. Mrotek and Scheidt were awarded a 3-year NIH R15 grant titled, Augmenting Kinesthetic Feedback to Improve Hemiparetic Arm Control After Stroke.
- May 2017: Dr. Casadio, in collaboration with Dr. Scheidt was awarded a two-year EU Erasmus KA107 award to support student, faculty and staff mobility between the University of Genoa (UniGe) and Marquette University.
- May 2017: Nicoletta Risi was awarded the prestigious SIAMOC Best Thesis Award for a thesis in the field of movement analysis in a clinical environment. Congratulations Nicoletta!
- April 2017: Valay Shah has been awarded a prestigious Whitaker Foundation International Fellowship to pursue an Aim of his Doctoral Degree, which will strengthen the strong collaboration between the NMCL and Dr. Maura Casadio’s lab at the Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy.
- Oct 2016: Nicoletta Risi successfully completed her MS thesis, Supplemental vibrotactile feedback of limb position enhances goal-directed reach performance.
- Sept 2016: Alexis Krueger successfully completed her MS thesis, Engineering synthetic feedback to promote recovery of self-feeding skills in people with sensory deficits due to stroke.
